Jug

Item

Title
Jug
Inventory Number
A0410
Date Acquired
1988
Source
Rex Toomey Gift
Provenance
Turkey
Description
Globular upper body, tapering and curving in to flaring flat base; tall cylindrical neck w rolled lip just below which thick horizontal rib; ridged strap handle fr max D to lower neck. One side of lower body mashed in before firing. Dipped neck down in red wash which coated ca 3/4 of vessel & in one place dripped to base.
State of Preservation
Edge of base badly chipped.
Height
23.0 cm
Max Diameter
13.2 cm
Rim Diameter
4.28 cm
Base Diameter
7.77 cm
Width
2.25 cm
Color
Clay body 2.5YR 6/8 (light red). wash 2.5YR 5/8 (red).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay

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